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| Title | Lectures on Mental Diseases |
| Author | William Henry Octavius Sankey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Churchill, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 281 pages |
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